The Spanish Stock Exchange traded €652.9 billion in 2016

The number of contracts registered in MEFF in December was the highest in 2016, at 6.4 million

New issues admitted to trading on the Corporate Debt market in December came in at €17.3 billion, up 19.3% year-on-year; new issues on MARF grew 174.3% in 2016 from a year earlier

Equities

The equity trading volume on the Spanish Stock Exchange in 2016 totalled €652.9 billion, down 32.1% from a year earlier but in line with the generalized downward trend in trading volumes across world stock markets. In December the trading volume reached €48.9 billion, down 27.5% from the same month a year earlier.

The number of trades in 2016 reached 54.4 million, down 12.1% year on year. In December the number of trades was 4 million, down 11.8% from December 2015.

As for the ETF segment, the trading volume in 2016 totalled €6 billion, down 52.2% from a year earlier. In December the trading volume was €390 million, down 58.2% from the same month in 2015.

The total number of trades in ETFs in 2016 reached 151,310, down 12.6% from a year earlier. The number of trades in December totaled 10,028, down 29.7% year-on-year.

Activity on the Warrants and Certificates market during 2016 reached €715 million, down 34.7% from the same period in 2015. In December, the trading volume came in at €51.5 million, down 20.6% year on year. The number of warrant and certificate issues admitted to trading in 2016 totalled 7,642, up 7% from the same period in 2015.

Futures and Options

The trading volume in the Derivatives market in December reached 6.4 million contracts, up 80% from the preceding month. The trading volume in 2016 was down 5.1%.

In December the trading volume in IBEX 35 Impacto Dividendo Futures was 18,164 and 91,365 Futures on Stock Dividends, posting respective increases of 270.3% and 27% year-on-year. Trading in these contracts in 2016 increased 78.6% and 26.1% respectively, compared to 2015.

Trading in Stock Options also trended positively with 3.8 million contracts traded, up 7% from the same month a year earlier. The trading volume in 2016 increased 6.9% from a year earlier.

The trading volume in IBEX 35 Futures and Mini IBEX in 2016 was down 7.4% and 21.4% respectively from a year earlier.

Corporate Debt

In December the trading volume on the Corporate Debt market was €15.1 billion, of which €13 billion corresponded to trades at maturity, which grew 11% from the same month a year earlier. In 2016 the trading volume totaled €172.9 billion, down 66.4% from 2015.

New issues admitted to trading on the Corporate Debt market in December came in at €17.3 billion, up 19.3% from a year earlier while they totaled €130.1 billion for the entire year 2016, down 10.8% year-on-year.

New issues on MARF in December came in at €129 million, up 34% while the figure for the year 2016 totalled €2.2 billion, amply doubling the trading volume for the year 2015 (+174.3%).

In December Public Debt traded on SENAF, the wholesale electronic Public Debt platform, reached €14.2 billion, up 47.5% from December 2015. The trading volume in 2016 reached €174.8 billion, up 60.6% from the same period a year earlier.